Employees at Kairos Commodities A/S
Kairos Commodities provides a unique opportunity for CPOs to position procurement as a prominent value driver and a real opportunity to strengthen the strategic competitiveness of their companies.
Kairos Commodities gives you online access to updated and well structured information:
- High quality supply market analyses with advanced analysis of relevant factors such as inventory levels, supply/demand balance, cost drivers, etc.
- Business cycle analyses with very high accuracy as well as macro trends and their correlation to different commodities – you will know the correlation between the overall economy and the price development of your specific commodity/cost driver
- Supplier cost development tracking tool that includes currency fluctuations on both sell and buy side
- Price forecasts with an unbeaten track-record due to a unique combination of advanced analyses
- E mail alerts for shift in price trends – short term trends as well as long term trends – you will never miss a change in the trend in the market
- News feeds from Bloomberg, Reuters and more than 200 other news providers sorted by specific commodities
- Value-at-risk simulation tool
Click here for a list of commodities and currencies Kairos Commodities analyzes.
Speculation in commodity markets
Whether or not commodity prices are driven by speculation has lately been one of the most discussed topics. This debate has been heated and policy makers are increasingly expected to take action, but so far little evidence has been presented on the extent to which investors actually influence commodity prices. Jens Bech Petersen, Senior analyst at Kairos Commodities shed light on the question of whether investors actually impact prices or they merely join the price rally that has followed the economic growth of developing countries… To read the article click here.
How do you...
measure, simulate and report on your company's commodity risk?
Recently we have launched our Value at Risk software, that enables a company to measure, simulate and report on risk at commodity as well as portfolio level.
To learn more about the concept of Value at Risk read the article; Integrating Commodity and Currency Risk Management in Procurement and Finance, by Lasse Hvid Jørgensen and Søren Vammen, Kairos Commodities.
To read the article click here.
To learn more about Kairos Risk Management Engine see the flyer here or contact us at sv@kairoscommodities.com and request more information.
According to our European survey, only a small elite of companies are able to manage their risk properly at portfolio level. To download the full report; Risk Management in Procurement – new challenges or new opportunities, click here.